THURSDAY SEPT 8
OPENING NIGHTOpening Night costs just a Toonie, so show up at the cinema for a taste of the
best of indie cinema

6 PM

The Lady Of Names (79m)
dir. by Adam Ciolfi

FANTASY: A beautiful librarian discovers the power of magic when an
ill-conceived wish catapults her into the world of fairy tales. She falls into
the clutches of the Troll King, a monster obsessed with imprisoning all the
fairy tale folk. Her only hope for rescue is Zack Driscoll, a young handyman in
love with her. Kidnapped by a pompous mushroom and an elfin creature, Zack
braves goblin magic and the icy domain of the Memine to reach the home of the
Great Owl. The Owl reveals the key to the Troll King's power. Armed with this
knowledge, Zack and his friends race back to the tower thereby setting the stage
for the last epic battle between our heroes and the armies of the Troll King.

SCI-FI/EXPERIMENTAL: In a post-industrial world people are no longer able to
dream. A factory run by Mr Terrier sells the frightened, sleepless masses a
dreaming experience. Sarah, the single surviving dreamer, sets out to the only
place that can provide answers to her strange night-time visions: the dream
factory.

DRAMA/COMEDY: A man endures a horrific tragedy in which he loses everything, so
he gives himself a year to live and decides to sleep with as many woman as
possible before he dies, but in the process, he learns about love and meets the
one woman who could be his reason to keep on living.

THRILLER: When Charlize Elkin is asked by the authorities to fly home to Canada
and identify the remains of her dead grandfather Professor Rufus Elkin, she
quickly realizes that his studies into the Balinese occult may have caused his
death.Charlize must unravel a complex message left by her grandfather: The
message hides the island location of three mysterious Balinese statues that hold
a fearful secret, a secret that threatens to destroy the mystical balance of the
spirit world.

THRILLER: Released from a mental institution, murderer Oliver Lorenz attempts to
piece together his life when everything falls apart... he falls in love. Now,
after a violent relapse, Oliver kidnaps the young woman he loves and hits the
road as he evades capture to conquer his homicidal urges. 'Hemorrhage' is a
suspense/drama about dealing with the past, self perception and the darker parts
of our nature.

DOCUMENTARY: Follow three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt
a vegan diet for six weeks. There’s Brian, the bacon-loving bachelor who eats
out all the time, Ellen, the single mom who prefers comedy to cooking, and
Tesla, the college student who avoids vegetables and bans beans. They have no
idea that so much more than steak is at stake and that the fate of the world may
fall on their plates. Lured with true tales of weight lost and health regained,
they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon start to
wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before
long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they
supported just weeks before.

Almost thirty years ago, a peg-legged artist and motorcycle mechanic from
Mississippi walked into MITs Center for Advanced Visual Studies and demanded a
meeting with the Director. Forty-five minutes later, after trashing the
receptionist’s desk and holding off the Cambridge police, Joe Davis walked out
with an academic appointment at MIT.

His status there has provided him with resources for much of his work -
including sending vaginal contractions into space to communicate with aliens,
poetry encoded into DNA, and a language to write the world beneath the world.

His is a story of self-discovery, sacrifice, and the complexity of human
endeavor, constructed around a theme central to his work; that everything is
connected, often in the most unexpected ways.

DRAMA/COMEDY: The story of Ashok Khosla, an Indian-American copywriter, who
journeys to India seeking an arranged marriage. After he encounters an American
woman traveling through India and is set up with an Indian woman who
unexpectedly captivates him, Ashok must navigate the complexity of cultural
traditions and the leanings of his own heart. With subtle comedy and
true-to-life drama, A Decent Arrangement shows us a side of India not commonly
seen by western audiences and delivers an affecting story that resonates with
those of us in search of our place in a changing world.

COMEDY: Fran and Jessica are neighbors and best friends. Fran is Brick’s trophy
wife and a Perfection Cosmetics sales rep, while Jessica is Mal’s wife and a
grocery store demonstrator. The only dark cloud in the friendship is their
husbands. Brick is “so boring” and wants babies, a desire that Fran certainly
does not share. Mal is a drunk and having an affair with his ex-wife Dana. One
day Mal tells Jessica he has put up the house for sale and they are moving out.
This is last straw for the two best friends who decide that their husbands must
go - violently.

THRILLER: The Pascal family has it all - wealth, power, privilege - but their
picture perfect lives change forever when their college-athlete daughter
Marianne disappears one night while running. She mysteriously returns a year
later with no memory of what happened to her. Despite being haunted by strange
visions and nightmares that encroach upon her waking hours, Marianne struggles
to resume a normal life. But other forces are at work and the world the Pascals
have built starts to unravel the closer Marianne gets to discovering that
somewhere between life and death, lies the truth.

DRAMA: 21-year-old David still lives at home in upstate New York, caring for his
small siblings while his mother recuperates in a mental institution. Though he
aches to leave and find his own way in life, he also feels responsible to his
family. His wild, complicated, and beautiful sister Alice suddenly returns home
after a long absence, and new domestic tensions erupt. When David falls in love
with the new girl in town, Alice is driven to desperate measures to keep her
brother close, and her world intact.

DRAMA: The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle
to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and
a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film daringly tackles
issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today and carries a unique
social message that women worldwide can relate to.

DOCUMENTARY: Four summer stock actors preparing for and executing roles from
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. These actors discuss taking on the roles
of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, and Tybalt. They also discuss why they are involved
in theater and why they think Shakespeare is so important even in the modern
world of mass media

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WEDNESDAY Sept 14
7:00 PM

Never Happen Here: The Whitehorse 9/11 Story (45m)
dir. by Max Fraser

DOCUMENTARY: On 9/11, the safe peaceful world of a remote northern town was
shattered when a 'hijacked' 747 approached with fighter jets on its tail.
Already shaken that day by images of the tragedy in New York, thousands of
parents raced in panic to find their children after hearing RCMP say on the
radio that schools have been evacuated. Until 9/11, the people of Whitehorse
thought that kind of thing could 'never happen here.' Almost ten years later,
questions are still asked about why a hostile Korean airliner was diverted to
Canada and not land in Alaska. This documentary reveals new information about
the mysterious flight of KAL 085, a strange but true story. A northern point of
view documentary with national and international dimensions.

DRAMA: A 27-year-old construction worker must take over his father's business in
order to save his family. Motivated by financial hardship, Red and his lifelong
friends fall into a lifestyle of hatred and thirst for revenge. Together, they
are faced with a dilemma that will test their morals, faith, and ultimately,
their loyalties to each other. In a world that refuses to let the working man
thrive, they want a better way.

DOCUMENTARY: A love story about Amanda and Rachel, a young lesbian couple who
decide to go from Philadelphia to Ames, Iowa to get married by gold lame devotee
and lady rapper Leslie Hall. While the couple begins the trip as a wacky
adventure for themselves and their friends, it quickly becomes a family affair
in an unfamiliar state.

DOCUMENTARY: Rabid gentrification and downtown development are killing the live
music scene in Vancouver, giving it the unofficial nickname "No Fun City."
Melissa James and Kate Kroll's depressing yet exciting documentary tracks the
efforts by bands, club owners, and fans to adapt to or subvert the city's
efforts to shut them down. Skinny Puppy and D.O.A. join longtime club owners and
upstart underground concert promoters (sometimes literally underground) in
discussing a problem that exists in cities worldwide.

HORROR: A group of friends set out for the deep sea fishing trip of a lifetime
aboard a million-dollar dreamboat. Suddenly, an electrical fire sets the party
adrift with no way to contact help. As the days pass, food and water run short
and the crew becomes desperate. A bad situation turns worse when they are
captured by a group of backwoods watermen intent on terrorizing and killing
them. It's a fight for survival as the friends try to escape the remote island
and merciless clutches of the watermen.

DRAMA: A portrait of a family torn apart by cancer. Non-smoker Jack Jordan has
died of lung cancer at the age of 47, presumably brought on by 30 years of
breathing his wife Eleanor's second-hand smoke. An ambitious Assistant DA brings
Eleanor to trial on murder charges, and Jack Jr., their son, is caught in the
middle.

DRAMA: Fanny is a developmentally disabled 39-year-old living in a home for
dependent adults. Her world starts to implode when the candy factory where she
works goes bankrupt. The oldest of three children, Fanny has long been a source
of strain and resentment within her family. Her jittery sister Annie has spent
her life taking care of her, while their successful but elusive brother Danny
has thus far escaped responsibility. When the three siblings are forced by their
powerful mother to reunite for a holiday dinner, everyone's worst fears are
realized.